Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21


TME DANGkR %. evkR-CoERIDKACR.
The people Of Seattle have ever bean
ssrsnaly csnAdent Of the future great
ness ef thsir city. They have relied
upon The great advantages Of its ioca-
ton over that Of any possible cOnpeti-
tive point. upon the excellence Of lie
harbors, upon the advantages 10 con-
maros Of the great lake which teaches
lie Eastern border. upon the vast min
eral deposits which must ons day be
tributary 10 Il and upon the magnificent
farming region AZ its very gates. They
have relied upon the great nataEai adj
vautaess Of Seattle. forgetting that mat
ural advantages have been the death Of
many promising city. II is well TO
have them. bat 10 ID death TO depend
upon them alone. Push. energy and
enterprise are worth more In the build
ina OF great city than all she natural
advantages that could be gathered ic-
eetheE.
The citizens Of Seattle should not
fail 10 realize that their city has in Ia
coma q rival whose strength IL would b
folly 10 undertakes. Less favorably
located than Seattle. 10 has Influences ri
work in lie behalf which are most pow
srful. The Northern Pacific IL deter
mined 10 make ID the metropolis Of The
North PaciHe Coast. It's favor carries
With 10 the favor Of many ether power
full iniluenees. The great advertising
machinery Of the Company. including
the PhiIadelphia RailrOad Record and
the NorfApest MaqasiMe, are used fol
the advantage Of Tacoma, and the bene
at Of such advertising can scarcely b.
ovsEestimated. The citizeos Of Taooml
also display energy and determine
ton 10 make their city great. With th'
vast Influences which are at their banl
the feel they can overcome the adyan
taess nov possessed BY Seattle, and
Ithey are sparing no effort 10 do ID. The.
are energetic and dcserminsd rivals
and they are not Rolna 10 lose the Ugh
II they can help il.
Seattle. on the other hand, without tn
powerful Influences which are con
atantly exsrted In favor Of Tacoma, hal
prospects which may we'll encourage be
Oitizsns. The Seattle, Lake Shore 4
Eastern will have its line completed
into The grain fields Of Eastern Wash
inzton before another harvest is ripe
ana the Seattle q West Coast viii speed
IIy give the city an eli rail csnneesiOi
With the East BY way Of the Oanadial
Pacific. Nature. tso. is on the side Of Sc
attls. and the splendid advantages
which have already been referred 10 ar
nos 10 be dsapissd. Seattle haa IN thi
past maintained Me asosndsney, and
sheFs IL no reason vhy 10 should nol d.
90 In the futGee. Il is easier 10 hold
advantages onoe obtained than u 10 "a
wrest them from tbs hands Of another
Seattle can keep hsF position a. the me.
tropolis Of the Territory, bus II she
would do 90 10 viii be necessary for her
citizens 70 be vioilsHi, wAtehful and 90
tive. SlaRgAEas via no battles In this
aee and generation.
Il will not do 10 imAaine that Seattle
has not an active and dangerous rival
for she has. II will not do 10 imagine
that nature wiIl win battles for M. fol
We must vim them for ourselves. We
must battle continually to hold the
trade which We now have ~ veil a. Il
yin that which We desire. Oar citizens
are generally awakening 10 this fact
and The result h that the city has e.
appearance Of solid, steady prosperity
such as 10 never before had. There b
no Wild real estate boom, bus there ID Z
business boom. and Il IL growing greater
every day. This IL e. II should Be. II
our eisizsns are thoroughly alive 10 Ne
situation, the Northern Pacific vii
never be able 10 repeat on Puget Sound
the operation q successfully performed
10 HE Yakima Valley. Il will not b
Abls 10 transfer another metropolis
Bat II there are any citizens Who Ihinl
that Seattle has not rival or Who thinA
THAI the city can yin the victory With
cot individual sxeFtiOa on the part Of
every one Of her business men. mana
sAstsrers and ahippers, the sooner thes
aFe andecsivsd. the better.